Most drugs in clinical trials against COVID-19, such as chloroquine phosphate, can be made cheaply

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    Manufacturing cost of potential coronavirus drugs
    Though most drugs currently in clinical trials to fight COVD-19 can be made cheaply, they can sell for hundreds of times the price.

    Drug Estimated cost price (course) Estimated cost price (day)
    Remdesivir (10 days) $9 $0.93
    Favipiravir (14 days) $20 $1.45
    Lopinavir/ritonavir (14 days) $4 $0.28
    Hydroxychloroquine (14 days) $1 $0.08
    Chloroquine (14 days) $0.30 $0.02
    Azithromycin (14 days) $1.40 $0.10
    Sofosbuvir/daclatasvir (14 days) $5 $0.39
    Pirfenidone (28 days) $31 $1.09
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    https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/would-be-coronavirus-drugs-are-cheap-make